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and yet, the law of the land said that's not -- no longer true. anybody in our society who ever thinks they have been treated unfairly, whether you're an african-american or a japanese american, who can remember what happened to the japanese americans in world war ii, should be horrified that your current law says that an individual, an american citizen can be detained. the president says i'm a good man and i will never use it. he signs into law the authority for all presidents for all time to indefinitely detain american citizens without a trial, and yet he says hey, i'm not going to do it. that's not a lot of comfort to those of us who believe in the law. i believe that -- that appropriateness or the ability for us to get to dialogue and discussion is important, that the american people want it and the filibuster actually aided that. i think it aided it, forced us to have discussion. without the discussion, without the filibuster, i don't think there will be discussion. i don't think compromise will occur. it was infrequent before. i don't think
and yet, the law of the land said that's not -- no longer true. anybody in our society who ever thinks they have been treated unfairly, whether you're an african-american or a japanese american, who can remember what happened to the japanese americans in world war ii, should be horrified that your current law says that an individual, an american citizen can be detained. the president says i'm a good man and i will never use it. he signs into law the authority for all presidents for all time to...
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the bill contains language proposing to defund the health care law. before wrapping up work yesterday majority leader harry reid took action to set up a test vote on the measure for wednesday. the senate is expected to focus most of its time this week on that bill. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. we case featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events. every week in the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website comwebsite, and you can join ine conversation on social media sites. >> live on the c-span networks at this point a number of events on health care. here on c-span2 a conference hosted by america's health insurance plans. they will hear from the head of medicare and medicaid about medicare and health care policy at 8:45 a.m. eastern. at 10 a.m. on c-span3 the senate health committee looks at how it affects the economy of the health care system. we will also be live on c-span at 11:30 a.m. eastern for a kaise
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it's because there is in the governing law. there is in some place to turn to have the answers so you could possibly come up with many different answers to these questions. >> so what's the, what's the import of this? do the prosecutors feel they need conspiracy to get the sense that they are looking for for most of these people or is it a classic example of we are going to charge them with everything we can or alternatively i don't know how the evidence rules conspiracy there so you can introduce testimony of a co-conspirator. >> well, at present, everyone who is charged with conspiracy was also charged the something else so therefore the prosecution believes they can lose that charge and not have any real problem. interestingly enough there are however about 10 or 11 detainees who are only charged with material support which the government is not appealing. cycle that. the d.c. circuit throughout the material support crimes and is not a war crime or was it when it was committed by mr. hamdan and all the people in guantÁnamo
it's because there is in the governing law. there is in some place to turn to have the answers so you could possibly come up with many different answers to these questions. >> so what's the, what's the import of this? do the prosecutors feel they need conspiracy to get the sense that they are looking for for most of these people or is it a classic example of we are going to charge them with everything we can or alternatively i don't know how the evidence rules conspiracy there so you can...
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before this law changed. another said, thank you so much for this health care law. i have not been insured in a decade. i am so, so, so thankful. another said, thank you for this program. i lost my job a year ago and couldn't find anything that i could afford in health coverage before this law passed. timely, another said, thank you, this law is helpful and appreciated. god bless america, and thank you, president obama. the president's going to make an announcement that will paint a pallet forward for the relatively small number of americans, 4% who get their insurance in the individual market, some of which have had their plans canceled, but the solution with respect to the timing of enrollment, the solution is to fix the problem so that like in connecticut more people across this country can have access for the first time to affordable quality health care. thank you, mr. president, i yield the floor. >> senator from illinois. >> mr. president, i want to thank my colleague from connecticut, my colleague from california for coming to the floor. for the last hour, re
before this law changed. another said, thank you so much for this health care law. i have not been insured in a decade. i am so, so, so thankful. another said, thank you for this program. i lost my job a year ago and couldn't find anything that i could afford in health coverage before this law passed. timely, another said, thank you, this law is helpful and appreciated. god bless america, and thank you, president obama. the president's going to make an announcement that will paint a pallet...
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the court will obey the law. but hopefully through nudging, gentle nudging and focusing on what is in the public interest, what do we need in light of the collapse of civic education in the united states, in light of transparency and accountability, why don't you do it yourselfsome. >> okay. there's been a couple of questions about the notion of -- this is, again, involving congress, but whether the congress should adopt -- require the supreme court to adopt a code of conduct. one questioner put it as every federal judge is subject to a code of conduct except nine. should the supreme court justices be subject to such a code? >> we don't have that distinction in the state court. our state court judges are subject to the same code of conduct as the lower court judges, so, you know, i'm not sure what the rationale would be except that -- and just let me also say that some of the complaints that have been leveled against our judges on many levels but particularly in the court, have been politically motivated. we are
the court will obey the law. but hopefully through nudging, gentle nudging and focusing on what is in the public interest, what do we need in light of the collapse of civic education in the united states, in light of transparency and accountability, why don't you do it yourselfsome. >> okay. there's been a couple of questions about the notion of -- this is, again, involving congress, but whether the congress should adopt -- require the supreme court to adopt a code of conduct. one...
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she voted for the law when she was in parliament, decriminalizing homosexuality. she never interfered with gun control. if she had a chance she voted for abortion. so the social issues in which britain sometimes have very different opinions than american conservatives she does not look like a tradition of conservative. the traditional story is her relationship with ronald reagan. no question that there were close. they adore each other, but they were both very intense and then send went came to defending the national interest of their respective countries. make no mistake, even when it came to ronald reagan, she was not shy about defending a national interest. >> host: she was not scared about much. is really about the economy in many ways, our legacy kind of her rise and fall according to your account. >> guest: yes. for example, we live now in a world where it has been taken for granted that capitol can flow across boundaries without any barriers that almost. the very first thing she did when she became prime minister was dismantled capitol controls in great bri
she voted for the law when she was in parliament, decriminalizing homosexuality. she never interfered with gun control. if she had a chance she voted for abortion. so the social issues in which britain sometimes have very different opinions than american conservatives she does not look like a tradition of conservative. the traditional story is her relationship with ronald reagan. no question that there were close. they adore each other, but they were both very intense and then send went came to...
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sequestration is the law of the land. how much longer can the united states afford to be fighting all these wars all over the world against an enemy that will continue to respawn as long as we are prosecuting these efforts? it just seems that we have a limited amount of money, but our prosecution just needs more amounts. >> yeah. in this case i disagree with you very, very strongly. the answer to the question is how much longer can we prosecute this war, as long as it takes, is the answer. this is not vietnam. this is not some domino theory abstraction. this is a group of people who as we sit here today are trying to figure out how to kill as many of us as possible, okay? and we need to figure out how to stop them. now, the good news in that is it's not quite as expensive as you describe. hopefully, what we've learned in the last decade, as i said earlier s that, you know, full scale, 100,000 troop invasions are not -- they're unbelievably expensive, and they're not a successful way to prosecute this war. but if we build
sequestration is the law of the land. how much longer can the united states afford to be fighting all these wars all over the world against an enemy that will continue to respawn as long as we are prosecuting these efforts? it just seems that we have a limited amount of money, but our prosecution just needs more amounts. >> yeah. in this case i disagree with you very, very strongly. the answer to the question is how much longer can we prosecute this war, as long as it takes, is the...
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bill that jackson-lee has is promote criminals law. because i have a bill that wants to redo the stand your ground law. i believe we can engage. i believe that good people from all races, color, creed and background, i think this is a clarion call for dialogue but it is also a clarion call for action. and it is not a clarion call for resting or waiting for stepping back. and i'm delighted to be here with you, and i will be marching tomorrow. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you so much. and with that, please, go right ahead, brandy. >> brandi richard, national urban league young professionals president. [applause] i have the until from the state of texas, newly, new transplant to d.c. so i know you're extremely well or work in texas. it is critical. i represent over 5000 members across the country at about 64 chapters of young professionals who have decided to step up to the civil rights agenda that our forebears gave to us, right? and they've been doing this work prior to the march. we have been around almost 15 years
bill that jackson-lee has is promote criminals law. because i have a bill that wants to redo the stand your ground law. i believe we can engage. i believe that good people from all races, color, creed and background, i think this is a clarion call for dialogue but it is also a clarion call for action. and it is not a clarion call for resting or waiting for stepping back. and i'm delighted to be here with you, and i will be marching tomorrow. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much....
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divided in to working groups address areas like law and order, sec -- institutional design. social economic policy. and it's provides recommendation for now during the transition and after the transition. out of that project that in fact trying to implement the recommendations. i work for reuters news agency. concerning the conference, i think it was yesterday or the day before the syrian deputy prime minister said it was his understanding that the next peace conference would be the georgia geneva conference would be on november 23rd and 24th. i wondered if you had been informed that would be the date. and a couple of other questions about that. i think george from the syrian national counsel said recently that the counsel would not be going. i wondered if you think people from the coalition will attend the conference. and are the americans pressuring grow go? thank you. first part of the question is the 2th and the 25th. it okay. yeah. i think i saw something like this. no, i don't think that is been agreed upon. we haven't received the letter of invitation from the team ye
divided in to working groups address areas like law and order, sec -- institutional design. social economic policy. and it's provides recommendation for now during the transition and after the transition. out of that project that in fact trying to implement the recommendations. i work for reuters news agency. concerning the conference, i think it was yesterday or the day before the syrian deputy prime minister said it was his understanding that the next peace conference would be the georgia...
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>> we talk about the constraint of the law. if i could, oftentimes -- you brought up -- it gets equated to the military. when we have a military commander that fails we, quote, unquote, fire them. what that is we move them out of the job, they are not dismissed from the federal service unless you get in to unless they go through the criminal proceedings and dismissed as a result of a court-martial. there is this mismatch of the perception of you fire people in the military all the time. what you really do is move them out of a job. they still are in the federal service -- >> you don't fire them in the way they would be fired in the private sector. >> they are no longer part of the organization. >> okay. thank you. >> would the gentleman yield? >> yes. >> isn't it true you never be promoted again in all likelihood and your career would be over? a basis you have a limited time before you're forced out. if you're a second, first, lieutenant you're forced out before eligible for retirement. isn't level a ultimate accountability whi
>> we talk about the constraint of the law. if i could, oftentimes -- you brought up -- it gets equated to the military. when we have a military commander that fails we, quote, unquote, fire them. what that is we move them out of the job, they are not dismissed from the federal service unless you get in to unless they go through the criminal proceedings and dismissed as a result of a court-martial. there is this mismatch of the perception of you fire people in the military all the time....
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we have usery law -- we had a usery law. so what i propose is a law that would say no. it's the law of the consumer. so if you want to live in a state where you get consumer protection and you get low interest rates, that's your choice. and if that limits the amount of banks to come and do business in that state, that's your choice, too. but it's based on the person, not based on the bank because they have gained that system in order to take advantage of it. so as to got to vote on it. i think i got 38, other senators to vote with me. not even all the democrats. the banks are pretty powerful. so i resubmitted, reviled at this year, elizabeth warren decided she would join it, ma as you said. so elizabeth is my cosponsor and we're going to keep working at it. one of the things about congress is just because you and i didn't you think is a good idea, you don't get it passed right away. you have to sometimes be patient, wait for the right moment, wait for the right season, wait for the right congress and then you can make a move. so i'm going to keep steadily at that, and w
we have usery law -- we had a usery law. so what i propose is a law that would say no. it's the law of the consumer. so if you want to live in a state where you get consumer protection and you get low interest rates, that's your choice. and if that limits the amount of banks to come and do business in that state, that's your choice, too. but it's based on the person, not based on the bank because they have gained that system in order to take advantage of it. so as to got to vote on it. i think...
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local allies to stop the insurgency before it gets started but make sure that local forces enforce the law we have done this effectively with the philippines they are battling the resurgence by and large has been effective in the last couple of months but no u.s. person has ever fired a shot. but we have been digital. the same with the horn of africa working with the ethiopian and god does to build of their capabilities so it is not dictated by the united states of america. that would help and if we could build that local partner capacity. and then let us try to get to the point where refined the government on a regular basis. also the last thing is we need to better manage expectations for what the west can do. of large part of a problem like israel and saudi arabia is they expect whatever problem it is. and there always has been a far greater gap between expectations and their capabilities because the rest of the world is more powerful it is not as dominant as they used to be. as a result of the movie and play that led to attacks on the embassy that this would not be on the internet if p
local allies to stop the insurgency before it gets started but make sure that local forces enforce the law we have done this effectively with the philippines they are battling the resurgence by and large has been effective in the last couple of months but no u.s. person has ever fired a shot. but we have been digital. the same with the horn of africa working with the ethiopian and god does to build of their capabilities so it is not dictated by the united states of america. that would help and...
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the law has been a law for a decade and a half. some officials in the embassy have not enforced it. and i call on the state department to explain the leahy law is the leahy law and has to apply in every country where we give aid or it is turning our back on american ideals. let's start enforcing it everywhere. [ applause ] >> don't give me any excuse of making it better if we keep giving the aid to the people that are using it to torture. no. that violates everything we stand for. if you are going to implement the law you have to have civil society here around the world and everybody in this room. we should feel just as strongly as defending human right activist whether they are in egypt, russia, china, vietnam nam or any other country who are persecuted for religious beliefs or personal beliefs. these are rights we take for advantage. we should not hesitate to speak up when those rights are violated. i have met some activist who have been subjected to brutal y brutality, isolation, torture. and i am in awe by their courage and spirit and by the fact they never give up. we have a re
the law has been a law for a decade and a half. some officials in the embassy have not enforced it. and i call on the state department to explain the leahy law is the leahy law and has to apply in every country where we give aid or it is turning our back on american ideals. let's start enforcing it everywhere. [ applause ] >> don't give me any excuse of making it better if we keep giving the aid to the people that are using it to torture. no. that violates everything we stand for. if you...
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and the president would sign into law. and we believe as we discussed, uni, over these past many months and years that that is the best solution, and we'll continue to fight for it. >> the president open to the idea threatening -- summit. >> look, i think we're focused on getting this legislation passed right now, chris. for the reasons i just discussed, we believe that resistance to it, will eventually fall away. because the ripeness of it will prevail but let me give you a week ahead, please. on sunday the first family will attend the oregon state versus users at maryland basketball game in college park, maryland. on monday the present will attend meetings here at the white house. on tuesday the president will deliver remarks at "the wall street journal"'s ceo council's annual meeting. hat tip to dow jones over there. on wednesday, the president will awarded the presidential medal of freedom. first lady will also attend. the medal of freedom is our nation's highest civilian honor presented to individuals who have made es
and the president would sign into law. and we believe as we discussed, uni, over these past many months and years that that is the best solution, and we'll continue to fight for it. >> the president open to the idea threatening -- summit. >> look, i think we're focused on getting this legislation passed right now, chris. for the reasons i just discussed, we believe that resistance to it, will eventually fall away. because the ripeness of it will prevail but let me give you a week...
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how about marcy's law largesse at kutz law. all of these laws named after the victim's. they don't have much to do with the individuals but the laws sponsored by prosecutors to expand the prosecution and limit the defense and the like. i guess i'm just saying that the journalists in particular and in the public discussion it's probably a good idea to the date. i don't have a substitute legal for stand your ground in particular. i just want to raise the subject there might be a more neutral way to describe some of these. the obamacare de beta do we want to refer to the federal health care law or do we want to call it v affordable care act probably neither one. but we want to describe what he's doing and i guess i would suggest as my contribution to today that this ought to be an element that we can discuss rather than just refer lively to stand your ground, and if course people want to stand your ground. it will be a little easier to analyze them and think about changing. thanks. [applause] thank you very much. our next speaker is dmitry shelton who serves as a judge for
how about marcy's law largesse at kutz law. all of these laws named after the victim's. they don't have much to do with the individuals but the laws sponsored by prosecutors to expand the prosecution and limit the defense and the like. i guess i'm just saying that the journalists in particular and in the public discussion it's probably a good idea to the date. i don't have a substitute legal for stand your ground in particular. i just want to raise the subject there might be a more neutral way...
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it allows us to a world based on quality of law and justice. diplomacy can even at its zenith reveal what lincoln invoked so memorably, that better angels of our nation. and as i reflected on my own career as a diplomat, try to teach it to students do i believe it is only for a clear commitment to lead with diplomacy, backed by our great military that we can begin to address the enormous a complicated challenges of the 21st century. we can commit to work peacefully and constructively with china and russia and japan, and brazil and mexico, and south africa and nigeria and germany and the european union. and we can do that and engage those countries. we can write a positive chapter for our history as we look ahead. in that same speech 50 years ago this summer, a remarkably prescient speech from president can evoke the global integrated connected world that we know today. and he really spoke up for diplomacy after the cuban missile crisis when he said the following about how connected we are around the world. he said, for in the final analysis, ou
it allows us to a world based on quality of law and justice. diplomacy can even at its zenith reveal what lincoln invoked so memorably, that better angels of our nation. and as i reflected on my own career as a diplomat, try to teach it to students do i believe it is only for a clear commitment to lead with diplomacy, backed by our great military that we can begin to address the enormous a complicated challenges of the 21st century. we can commit to work peacefully and constructively with china...
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but certainly anyone that has watched saturday morning cartoons and has watched house bill becomes a law i am only a bill on capitol hill, no, and knew what was going to happen. this didn't take anybody other than a kid watching saturday morning cartoons to understand that when the president and the senate say no, the house isn't going to go. that's just the way it works. that's the way that our system has been developed. and instead of educating our constituents and instead of taking this as an opportunity to inform people and to explain exactly how we are going to govern ourselves in a self-governing society, people have taken this to forward their own personal or their own personal political agendas, which has been an abomination to in my view very reckless and incompetent towards our system of self governing. so, we have an opportunity. today cooler heads did prevail. we have an opportunity to look forward over the next couple of months and say we can put this process back together. both secretary leon panetta as the chairman of the committee and myself have participated in these con
but certainly anyone that has watched saturday morning cartoons and has watched house bill becomes a law i am only a bill on capitol hill, no, and knew what was going to happen. this didn't take anybody other than a kid watching saturday morning cartoons to understand that when the president and the senate say no, the house isn't going to go. that's just the way it works. that's the way that our system has been developed. and instead of educating our constituents and instead of taking this as...
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i suppose a federal adoption law. i think there's a big difference between just doing it through a self-executing treaty and dragging the congress into areas where it has never been before it. between the treaty and requiring the treaty to be implemented in the fashion that you us cert is necessary. >> our let's make a structural point in a specific point. the structural point ,-com,-com ma if it is the case as your honors hypothetical concedes that a self-executing treaty that requires the president to negotiate and two-thirds of the senator rat way can we impose an obligation of that kind then it has to be the case that a nonself-executing treaty that has the same approval by the president in the same two-thirds ratification and passes of less affliction by the senate and the house and signed into law the president can do with the self-executing treaty can do. >> i think it has to be the case. there is a great difference between requiring the states by a self-executing treaty to permit same-sex marriage and dragging
i suppose a federal adoption law. i think there's a big difference between just doing it through a self-executing treaty and dragging the congress into areas where it has never been before it. between the treaty and requiring the treaty to be implemented in the fashion that you us cert is necessary. >> our let's make a structural point in a specific point. the structural point ,-com,-com ma if it is the case as your honors hypothetical concedes that a self-executing treaty that requires...
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it's written into law. it was explained by secretaries sebelius when the rule associated with that was published in 2010. however, if you are in the individual market and your insurance company changed your plan, downgraded debt your insurance has to meet the basic standards set by the affordable care act. what our job is and the failure of the website to function effectively has made this job more difficult as to make sure those americans, that portion of the 5% of the population are getting the information they need to avail themselves half of them tax credits that will make the insurance cheaper than it otherwise would be in all situations for them the insurance they have available for them is better, more quality coverage than what they are getting now. the president said in boston and again last night there would be portion of them, a portion of those individuals who will pay higher premiums at least in the front end. we are focused on of these aspects of getting this implementation on track so that am
it's written into law. it was explained by secretaries sebelius when the rule associated with that was published in 2010. however, if you are in the individual market and your insurance company changed your plan, downgraded debt your insurance has to meet the basic standards set by the affordable care act. what our job is and the failure of the website to function effectively has made this job more difficult as to make sure those americans, that portion of the 5% of the population are getting...
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security and the law. hers has been an extraordinarily important voice in this conversation. professor donahue has written extensively on national security and counterterrorism law in the united states and the united kingdom. she's held fellowships at stanford's laws center for constitutional law, stanford's university center for international security and cooperation and harvard university's john f. kennedy school of government where she was a fellow in the international security program as well as the executive session for domestic preparedness. in 2008 to 2009, she clerked for judge john noonan of the ninth circuit court of appeals. she's a life member of the council on foreign relations, an advisory member of the standing committee on law and national security. she obtained her ab in philosophy with honors from dartmouth, her ma from the university of -- [inaudible] in northern ireland, and her ph.d. in history from the university of cambridge, england. and thank you very much for both moderating and d
security and the law. hers has been an extraordinarily important voice in this conversation. professor donahue has written extensively on national security and counterterrorism law in the united states and the united kingdom. she's held fellowships at stanford's laws center for constitutional law, stanford's university center for international security and cooperation and harvard university's john f. kennedy school of government where she was a fellow in the international security program as...
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i was in the original law. congress coverage that the republicans get rid of that and force democrats to accept it. those of you, there was part of his that was the assisted-living program was financially, not sustainable, would've bankrupted the government or even the democrats after they look at the financing, after they passed it, agreed and were able to get that through. i still think there parts of this, like attacks on medical devices. can you imagine we'll give you health care by taxing your oxygen tank on your wheelchair or your artificial limb. so i bow to nobody as being opposed and i think we should do it now. the question is you want to shut down the government if you think that will achieve -- i've let me talk to you about the consequence of a complete government shutdown is. never once that means your troops in the field don't get paid. the military is not -- [booing] i'm sorry. of course i wouldn't do that, but that would happen. well now, i listen to your question and i will adjust the microphon
i was in the original law. congress coverage that the republicans get rid of that and force democrats to accept it. those of you, there was part of his that was the assisted-living program was financially, not sustainable, would've bankrupted the government or even the democrats after they look at the financing, after they passed it, agreed and were able to get that through. i still think there parts of this, like attacks on medical devices. can you imagine we'll give you health care by taxing...
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the founders of this great nation wanted there to be broad consensus before laws were passed. they neither wanted a single person, nor a single chamber of commerce to be able to impose its will on the public. so they deliberately designed a system with checks and plans that required agreement between the house, the senate, and the president that can only be produced by comprise. but comprise was all but absent during the recent shut down and president obama repeatedly and publicly refused even to negotiate. and it's what happens which is why we had a government shut down the house makes several attempt at trying to fund the entire government but not obamacare or certain provision of obamacare like delaying the individual mandate when we heard the administration is now even considering delaying it for six weeks as the exchange and especially the web exchanges have proven to be completely unworkable. even so, the administration was arguably using the shut down as leverage to pressure the house republicans in to funding the law because even attempt to reel in part of the governme
the founders of this great nation wanted there to be broad consensus before laws were passed. they neither wanted a single person, nor a single chamber of commerce to be able to impose its will on the public. so they deliberately designed a system with checks and plans that required agreement between the house, the senate, and the president that can only be produced by comprise. but comprise was all but absent during the recent shut down and president obama repeatedly and publicly refused even...
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if you have a provisional ballot under the law, this law, you can't use the provisional ballot. if you made a mistake and went to the wrong polling place. i think that is the insult quotient. i would end on saying that we do well when we don't remind people of the precious right to vote. it covers all races, color, and creed. we're not here to discriminate, we're here not here to say this woman can vote and this one cannot. don't fell -- tell me i cannot vote or don't tell my brother he cannot vote. there should be no description in voting. that's the insult. i think we remind people there are a trying to block you from voting and that for your own dignity, your own work, your own "i am an american" quotient. then that should be the level of insult that says nothing is going to keep me from voting as an american. >> she's -- [inaudible] we have the right vote in '65. we didn't get it in 1990 because of jerry -- you have the right to vote and can't win if they draw you out. they got to run thrown out of the legislator. they ain't coming back unless we move in the sense of urgency
if you have a provisional ballot under the law, this law, you can't use the provisional ballot. if you made a mistake and went to the wrong polling place. i think that is the insult quotient. i would end on saying that we do well when we don't remind people of the precious right to vote. it covers all races, color, and creed. we're not here to discriminate, we're here not here to say this woman can vote and this one cannot. don't fell -- tell me i cannot vote or don't tell my brother he cannot...
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it is the bonds held by the trust fund under the law. a business adventures income would not be considered cash flow negative if i put in positive territory. another point i want to make quickly in terms of the tax increases, it's important to realize two points. one is the extent to which the shortfall facing social security is dead distribution income of the last three decades. wage income is covered by the cap after the greenspan commission. we now cover less than 83% of wage income. if the cover 90% of wage income over this whole period, that would've cut the shortfall by more than 40%. the same thing we talk about the size of the tax increases, it's important to keep in mind reference. boosting stagnant wages over the last three decades. if workers wages grew at the same rate as projected average wage growth, in other words all worker shared the only comment they need to make the fund fully solvent would be about 5% of projected wage growth over the next three decades. it's important to understand the context. returning to the point
it is the bonds held by the trust fund under the law. a business adventures income would not be considered cash flow negative if i put in positive territory. another point i want to make quickly in terms of the tax increases, it's important to realize two points. one is the extent to which the shortfall facing social security is dead distribution income of the last three decades. wage income is covered by the cap after the greenspan commission. we now cover less than 83% of wage income. if the...
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that by itself doesn't seem to be a problem, but when it leads to other elements, then fell law enforcement concerns as well as the popular press is concerned, then suddenly this idea of somebody listening to god and having to do things that seem to be at the end of the national norms, that is dangerous and that needs to be policed with control. >> i think it is the ljungqvist form of media that is left but the conversations unprecedented only sees been does. you and charlie rose never read books the same way that i read books to talk to the author seriously and it is dealing with when they have their book read. they know what they're talking about with page notes and it is so he rewording to them that i get the satisfaction when an offer access to me and is complemented that is the best interview i've had on this book tour and loved the interview on that things that matter as the collection of essays that are autobiographical. that makes my day. it is an abundance of time and i can do so many different things. >> more with talk-show host hewitt. >>> senators return to washington for legisl
that by itself doesn't seem to be a problem, but when it leads to other elements, then fell law enforcement concerns as well as the popular press is concerned, then suddenly this idea of somebody listening to god and having to do things that seem to be at the end of the national norms, that is dangerous and that needs to be policed with control. >> i think it is the ljungqvist form of media that is left but the conversations unprecedented only sees been does. you and charlie rose never...
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rule of law. send a signal we are worried about the recent measure that clamp down on, you know, the ability of people to gather and protest. you mentioned tahir square. as you know, the most recent laws passed totally outlawed. i think it's important for the united to send a signal that we support the rule of law and right of people to petition their government. but we also have ongoing obviously important security interest. we don't want to totally alien ate, you know, the government. so that is why i think the sort of call tbraited response you seek from the administration which is to say we're going withhold some of our military support. not all. there's no easy an. at least from my perspective. let me ask you about iraq which is a country you have been involved in as we discussed for some time. a few decade now. terrorism in iraq is as bad as it's ever been. going back to the worst years during the u.s. occupation there. how do you see iraq at this point? what can and should the u.s. be doing
rule of law. send a signal we are worried about the recent measure that clamp down on, you know, the ability of people to gather and protest. you mentioned tahir square. as you know, the most recent laws passed totally outlawed. i think it's important for the united to send a signal that we support the rule of law and right of people to petition their government. but we also have ongoing obviously important security interest. we don't want to totally alien ate, you know, the government. so that...
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and congress can overturn laws, they can stop funding laws. that's part of our constitutional system, and it's not new, and it's what happened in this time which is why we had a government shutdown. now, the house made several attempts at trying to force compromise, trying to front the entire government but not obamacare or certain provisions like delaying the individual mandate which we heard the administration is now even considering delaying it for six weeks as the exchanges, especially the web exchanges have proven to be completely unworkable. even so, the administration was arguably using the shutdown as leverage to push -- pressure the house republicans into funding this law because even attempts to reopen parts of the government were almost all rejected. and i quote here from "the wall street journal" a senior administration official said we are winning. it does not matter to us how long this shutdown lasts, because what matters is the end result. so the house gave in on october 16th and voted to fund obamacare to reopen the goth, -- th
and congress can overturn laws, they can stop funding laws. that's part of our constitutional system, and it's not new, and it's what happened in this time which is why we had a government shutdown. now, the house made several attempts at trying to force compromise, trying to front the entire government but not obamacare or certain provisions like delaying the individual mandate which we heard the administration is now even considering delaying it for six weeks as the exchanges, especially the...
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that's where we have to keep focused on the questions of the rolph law in mexico and we have to keep a focus on trying to lower the levels of violence across the country, and in particular lowering the cost of doing business because it has to be a disincentive for the investment in the recent years it does raise the cost of doing business when you have to say face the threat of kidnapping and extortion etc. and for the companies that isn't a big deal and for the smaller companies that is something the need to factor in. >> this year from the role for the bank or the public bench in the world bank and opening the sector to the private participation. >> not that i am aware of. the transformational reform is that you would allow something that happened that seems the secondary legislation that would allow the participation of the private sector's in the generations for the consumption of the strong nearby businesses will. and that has been put into question because it wasn't a constitutional amendment. but there have been several intentions to amend the constitution or to book a the mod
that's where we have to keep focused on the questions of the rolph law in mexico and we have to keep a focus on trying to lower the levels of violence across the country, and in particular lowering the cost of doing business because it has to be a disincentive for the investment in the recent years it does raise the cost of doing business when you have to say face the threat of kidnapping and extortion etc. and for the companies that isn't a big deal and for the smaller companies that is...
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university of pennsylvania law. yes, thank you. there's a couple more books out like this but it was a very good scholarly treatment of dodd-frank published just of a year writing afterwards. mark is exactly right. i'm glad you noticed the book is an attempt to combine both arguments and analysis in a philosophical reflection. it's very hard to resist doing that. with the realization that there have been a lot of books written on these subjects and on the financial crisis and i wanted one that was redouble. it focuses on five guys you've never heard of and it doesn't give you a whole lot of argument. then you have a lot of other mls books by many good ones here in washington. so what i decided to do to just took the difference is too combine these things. if you are just starting and want to dig deeper, go to steal's clich and peter wallace, for those that are truly not faint of heart, his book is about 550 pages long, but you will get the story in detail. another thing mark said it's right i do primarily emphasize affordable housi
university of pennsylvania law. yes, thank you. there's a couple more books out like this but it was a very good scholarly treatment of dodd-frank published just of a year writing afterwards. mark is exactly right. i'm glad you noticed the book is an attempt to combine both arguments and analysis in a philosophical reflection. it's very hard to resist doing that. with the realization that there have been a lot of books written on these subjects and on the financial crisis and i wanted one that...
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i also would note that i am a strong advocate of enforcing our gun laws. virginia is literally one of the best dates in the country doing that and i will continue that as governor. i'm in a rated nra candidate running against the only f rated candidate running statewide in that's. mcauliffe. his allies are running an ad in northern virginia that falsely claim we can get safety through some of these restrictions of law-abiding citizens. >> thank you mr. cuccinelli. this is a viewer question with 60 seconds for each candidate. a panel question from dr. bob directed towards mr. cuccinelli. >> in the past few decades certain areas of the commonwealth particularly southwest virginia have been hit very hard economic he losing jobs in industry as you know. what are your job plans to specifically help the hard-hit areas here in the commonwealth of virginia and particularly the south side and southwest virginia? >> i certainly agree with you that they have had the hardest time economically over number of years. my job program was designed first and foremost to maxi
i also would note that i am a strong advocate of enforcing our gun laws. virginia is literally one of the best dates in the country doing that and i will continue that as governor. i'm in a rated nra candidate running against the only f rated candidate running statewide in that's. mcauliffe. his allies are running an ad in northern virginia that falsely claim we can get safety through some of these restrictions of law-abiding citizens. >> thank you mr. cuccinelli. this is a viewer...
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obviously, they are breaking the law, and we are talking about the care and nurturing of our seniors. did your commission suggest anything that we ought to be doing? >> you raise a really important question, senator nelson. and actually, as a commission, this is not an area that we had a lot of focus on directly. i think indirectly we had a real concern that we don't really understand how to think about or measure quality in this space. this is a space that has a lot of resources that are paid for privately, or come out of, or voluntary services. and so it lives in a different place than the rest of health care lives. and that kind of our rubric been for both regulatory oversight, quality control and integration needs a lot more work. but the commission itself, to answer your question directly, didn't specifically going to great detail about these sort of alternative forms of community-based support, their oversight and regulation. >> actually, i think we had more testimony on that and you're remembering, bruce. i think that we had a lot of discussion about -- had we had it on the wor
obviously, they are breaking the law, and we are talking about the care and nurturing of our seniors. did your commission suggest anything that we ought to be doing? >> you raise a really important question, senator nelson. and actually, as a commission, this is not an area that we had a lot of focus on directly. i think indirectly we had a real concern that we don't really understand how to think about or measure quality in this space. this is a space that has a lot of resources that are...
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you don't have an effective rule of law there because companies cannot know what they can repatriate him because the capacity to innovate and russia is not what it ought to be. in a time when we have increased by about 3 million barrels a day what we are adding to the global energy pool because of what we are doing with our own developments, one of the reasons the price of oil has been relatively stable at a time when there is a lot of disruption within the middle east and because with -- because of what our policy has been has been because we continue to increase. if you put iran to the side, in terms of iraq not increasing the way we anticipated, other disruptions like nigeria, if some of those disruptions were to disappear and are continuing to increase energy from here russia will not be in a great position. i am not sure he is as well positioned as he rephrased to the rest of the world. >> he is playing a good game now. the next half decade looks good for him. after that, it gets more complicated. >> every party has to have a pooper. every conference, it is cassandra. i will be
you don't have an effective rule of law there because companies cannot know what they can repatriate him because the capacity to innovate and russia is not what it ought to be. in a time when we have increased by about 3 million barrels a day what we are adding to the global energy pool because of what we are doing with our own developments, one of the reasons the price of oil has been relatively stable at a time when there is a lot of disruption within the middle east and because with --...
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they passed i and was signed ino law august 6, 1965. >> host: wager we will show you more of that speech. final date was asked about right now, april 4, 1968. >> guest: there is no way that i can forget that date. i was in indianapolis, indiana campaigning with robert kennedy. i had heard senator robert kennedy seeking the democratic nomination and told him i wanted to help and invite me with some of his staffers to go and work in indiana, indianapolis to get people registered to help organize the rally of meetings to be heard that doctor king had been shot and robert kennedy came in and made the announcement that doctor king had been assassinated and we all just cry and it was very sad. i don't know what would have happened to america that this man emerged as the leader of the nation. he was my friend, he was my inspiration. >> guest: robert kennedy did make a speech. he stood up in the back of the car and he spoke out of his. because of what he had to say that evening, there wasn't any violence, any disorder in the city of indianapolis. people have been trying to get me to go back and
they passed i and was signed ino law august 6, 1965. >> host: wager we will show you more of that speech. final date was asked about right now, april 4, 1968. >> guest: there is no way that i can forget that date. i was in indianapolis, indiana campaigning with robert kennedy. i had heard senator robert kennedy seeking the democratic nomination and told him i wanted to help and invite me with some of his staffers to go and work in indiana, indianapolis to get people registered to...
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law and suspend assistance right at the time of the coup. i think if the united states had done that right at that time in a simple way, we would have -- the united states would be in a stronger position. we would be discussing what would be the conditions for resuming aid. i think, you know, we're in a situation the united states didn't respect its own law. ting diminishes respect for the united states. i don't think cutting off a little bit of aid here and there is fundamentally going to change the calculations in these discussions of cutting off aid are not very credible because the united states didn't suspend aid at the moment be it should have. my third point, i think, as we try to u.s. influence correctly within a lot of people are going to be the opposite conclusion which is that the united has no influence at all. which i also think is incorrect. the she mentioned for example gulf assistance and lot of people have said well what difference does it make? you know, what the united states would us pend military assistance to egypt when
law and suspend assistance right at the time of the coup. i think if the united states had done that right at that time in a simple way, we would have -- the united states would be in a stronger position. we would be discussing what would be the conditions for resuming aid. i think, you know, we're in a situation the united states didn't respect its own law. ting diminishes respect for the united states. i don't think cutting off a little bit of aid here and there is fundamentally going to...
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of the university of virginia's school of law. if you are looking at information to provide, you will find information about an excellent book on the legal responses that the center published. again, i'm going to call my colleague to make a final remark. he can come up here, if you don't mind. >> okay. thank you, it is very late and i will not say much for the question is what is the next phase in cooperation combating terrorism. and i hope that that phase will end without winning. and one thing as i listen to this extremely informed group, as the nature of cooperation among the terrorist changes, i imagine the difficulty in dealing with it also grows. one of our panelists some weeks ago we talked about the nsa and etc. the brazilians and others, but i think that one thing that is crucial is intelligence that raises all kinds of questions, and we really don't have the time to delve into what is terrorism, what are the causes, have you radicalize people, how do you rehabilitate people. this can be a long-term struggle but i hope it
of the university of virginia's school of law. if you are looking at information to provide, you will find information about an excellent book on the legal responses that the center published. again, i'm going to call my colleague to make a final remark. he can come up here, if you don't mind. >> okay. thank you, it is very late and i will not say much for the question is what is the next phase in cooperation combating terrorism. and i hope that that phase will end without winning. and...
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people want to see the rule of law. not necessarily our law, but there law. that is something that our people respond positively to. rather from stealing from them and raping their daughters, they will be more likely to support those soldiers. i would argue that this is a crucial element of successful counterinsurgency. >> right here? >> hello. how do we do this? we have done this before twice in iraq and afghanistan. there have been. periods of counterinsurgency. a lot of times we are taken down by extensive amounts of nation building. we have to do that every time or is there a cheaper and easier way to do this? >> ideally you would not have to wage these counter insurgencies by sending foreign troops to lambs. ideally you would be able to partner with foreign troops in their countries to enable them to get better, which is something that we have done with some degree to success such as colombia or the philippines and we have seen that strategy backfire more recently in the country of mali where troops were overthrowing the elected governor. but to my mind,
people want to see the rule of law. not necessarily our law, but there law. that is something that our people respond positively to. rather from stealing from them and raping their daughters, they will be more likely to support those soldiers. i would argue that this is a crucial element of successful counterinsurgency. >> right here? >> hello. how do we do this? we have done this before twice in iraq and afghanistan. there have been. periods of counterinsurgency. a lot of times we...
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from columbia law school, graduating in the top 10% of her class. from there she embarked on a long and distinguished career that spanned politics as well as education and charitable work. it's a career that leaves me no doubt she is well qualified to take on this great path that awaits her if she is confirmed as the next united states ambassador to japan. caroline kennedy grew up in the public eye and we as a nation grew up with her sharing heard jul es allows her heartbreak. born into a family that has built a legacy of service both domestic and globally she's dedicated her life to public service and to the elevation of the public debate something badly needed these days. she has offered books on the bill of rights, right to privacy, poetry and patriotism. she served as a member of many boards of directors. the commission on presidential debates and the legal defense and educational fund, the new york city fund for the public schools. she also serves as an adviser to the harvard institute of politics and president of the kennedy library foundation
from columbia law school, graduating in the top 10% of her class. from there she embarked on a long and distinguished career that spanned politics as well as education and charitable work. it's a career that leaves me no doubt she is well qualified to take on this great path that awaits her if she is confirmed as the next united states ambassador to japan. caroline kennedy grew up in the public eye and we as a nation grew up with her sharing heard jul es allows her heartbreak. born into a...
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this is the law. we're about implementing the law. it's great to be with all of you, and i look forward to working with all of you on a healthier, more prosperous, pennsylvania, philadelphia, and united states of america, so thanks very much. [applause] >> when she came to the white house, she was interested in how the place worked, came down and found it was rather delap dated, dirty, tried to spruce it up, and she asked servants if they could tell her, do you remember how old this is? she started the idea of trying to catalog and create a sense of what the chinas were. she had a plan for putting display cases in the state dining room, but that never came to fruition, but she's credited with being the initiator of a concept of a permanent china collection at the white house. >> encore presentation of our original series "first ladies" continues tomorrow night at nine eastern on c-span. >>> now, a discussion on the role women played in the civil rights movement as washington, d.c. prepares to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ma
this is the law. we're about implementing the law. it's great to be with all of you, and i look forward to working with all of you on a healthier, more prosperous, pennsylvania, philadelphia, and united states of america, so thanks very much. [applause] >> when she came to the white house, she was interested in how the place worked, came down and found it was rather delap dated, dirty, tried to spruce it up, and she asked servants if they could tell her, do you remember how old this is?...